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White Bird ~ Nez Perce

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White Bird (Peo-peo-hix-hiix), also referred to as White Pelican (died 1892), was a leader and war chief of the Lamátta band of the Nez Perce

John Butler

Colonel John Butler

Born in Connecticut, the son of Capt. Walter Butler and Deborah Butler, John moved with his family to the Mohawk Valley of New York in

Paul Cuffee’s First Venture into Sierra Leone ~ Quaker

Flag of Sierra Leone

Most Englishmen and Anglo-Americans in his day felt that people of African descent were inferior to Europeans, even in the predominantly Calvinist and Quaker New

Paul Cuffee: Marineer ~ Quaker

New Bedford, Massachusetts-view from harbor

At the time of his father's death, young Cuffee knew little more than the alphabet but dreamed of gaining an education and being involved in the shipping

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Paul Cuffee Background ~ Quaker

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Paul Cuffee (January 17, 1759 – September 9, 1817) was a Quaker businessman, patriot, and abolitionist of Aquinnah Wampanoag and African Ashanti descent. Cuffee built a lucrative shipping

Popovi Da ~ Pueblo

Popovi Da

Popovi Da (Red Fox) is the son of famous San Ildefonso potter Maria Martinez and her artist husband Julian Martinez. He was born on April 10, 1923 at San Ildefonso Pueblo and died on October 17, 1971

Pleasant Porter ~ Creek

Pleasant Porter

Pleasant Porter (1840-1907), was a respected American Indian statesman and the Principal Chief of the Creek Nation from 1899 until his

Alexander Lawrence Posey ~ Creek

Alexander Lawrence Posey

Alexander Lawrence Posey (b. August 3, 1873, Eufala, Creek Nation; d. May 27, 1908) (Muscogee) A highly respected journalist and poet, Alexander Posey was among the best known literary and political

Poundmaker and North-West Resistance/Rebellion ~ Cree

Poundmaker_with_woman

The shortage of buffalo left Poundmaker's people desperately hungry, and in 1885, they traveled south to Battleford. Oral history accounts suggest Poundmaker went to the fort to speak with the Indian

Pope ~ Tewa

Pope

Pope (1'o rye). A celebrated Tewa medicine-man, native of the pueblo of San Juan, who first appears in New Mexico history in 1675 as a leader either of some prisoners charged with witchcraft, and

Poundmaker Background ~ Cree

Poundmaker

Pitikwahanapiwiyin (c. 1842 – 4 July 1886), commonly known as Poundmaker, was a Plains Cree chief known as a peacemaker and defender of his

Boldt Decision ~ Upper Skagit

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The Boldt Decision (U.S. v. Washington, also known as The Boldt Decision) - U.S. District Judge George Boldt's ruling interpreted the language of treaties made with Washington tribes more than a

Cuerno Verde ~ Comanche

Comanche portraits

Cuerno Verde (? - September 3, 1779) was a leader of the Comanche in the late 18th

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